taming the wild beast

[deschutes dawn]

I have him in with my saanen does right now and they are very calm girls. The times he has been with the herd he hangs and plays with my other two youngsters, a sweet, sweet ober wether, about 6 mos. old and an alpine/saanen wether, 9mos. old. Both those boys are in your pocket friendly and Tam gets along with both of them. Today I was cleaning pens and Tam and Danny (ober) were playing. I shut out everyone else and worked to catch him. I did find out he has pretty good stamina by just following him around and around until he finally stopped. I then just rubbed and scratched all the good spots. He got treats after I turned him loose and made him come back to me to get them. His focus now is on two lovely ladies in waiting. I certainly want him to get his stuff done so I'm not worried about having a barren doe for the year. Can hardly wait to get him wethered though. I do usually wear gloves when I handle him and mornings when I milk, then handle him, I have on coveralls. He doesn't seem to smell as bad as some bucks I've been around-luckily.